"When I started this business, I went to the council... and said 'this is what I want to do, what do I need to do to comply?'"

He said he was told there would be no issue if he set up on a private property.

And for five years it went swimmingly with councillors and council staff now part of his regular customers.

Mr Jensen said he had tried to comply with "everything the council wanted us to do" and said he was still happy to work with them - except there was now "not a single place we can go".

The council spokeswoman said Mr Jensen needed to operate the van in an itinerant or mobile manner, including packing up at night, and for two hours per day, two days per week with no permanent structures.